Create a plan for implementing your WebSphere® Application
Server for z/OS® application serving environment
Before you begin
We assume that you
have a z/OS system
on which you will implement WebSphere Application Server
for z/OS.
About this task
To get started, plan
to build your initial WebSphere Application
Server for z/OS application serving environment servers
on one system, then replicate them on other systems as you expand
into a cell. This procedure first guides you through initial planning
and implementation of WebSphere Application Server
for z/OS on a monoplex. Then, it guides you through
setting up your application development and client environments. Finally,
the procedure guides you through planning for optional advanced system
configurations.
Perform the following steps to implement your
plan, checking off each item as you complete it:
Procedure
- Determine the skills that you need.
See Skill requirements for more information.
- Determine WebSphere Application Server
for z/OS system requirements.
See Hardware and software requirements on z/OS for
more information.
- Understand the security
options, and prepare for securing
your system.
- Implement Workload Management
in goal mode on each z/OS system
if necessary.
See z/OS workload management (WLM) for more information.
-
Implement Resource Recovery Services (if not already implemented)
on each z/OS system.
See Preparing Resource Recovery Services (RRS) for more information.
- Plan for your performance monitoring systems.
- Plan and define your problem diagnosis procedures.
See Problem diagnostic plan strategy for
more information.
- Consider automatic restart
management before you install WebSphere Application Server
for z/OS.
See Automatic restart management (ARM) for
more information.
- Plan your product dataset
and HFS naming conventions.
- Install
the WebSphere Application Server
for z/OS product.
See Installing the product on z/OS for more information.
- Prepare your z/OS target
systems to run WebSphere Application Server for z/OS.
See Preparing the base z/OS operating system for
more information.
- Learn about configuring
application serving environments.
See Planning for product configuration on z/OS for
more information.
- Set up a simple standalone
application server to verify
system readiness and gain experience with a basic application serving
environment.
See Building practice WebSphere Application Server for z/OS cells for more information.
- Plan
and define your system backup procedures.
- Plan
and define your software service procedures.
- (Optional)
Plan for testing and production systems.
- Plan
and configure the application serving environments
that you want.
See Planning for product configuration on z/OS and Configuring the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS product after installation.
- Review your administration
and application security requirements
and settings.
- Develop and deploy applications.
- Review WebSphere Application Server
for z/OS requirements for application development
and client environments.
- (Optional) Implement
Sysplex Distributor, and set up a
high-availability environment.
- (Optional) Expand
your application serving environments
as needed.
- Tune system performance.
See Skill requirements for more information.
Results
Once you have identified the elements you want
to incorporate
in your implementation plan, you are ready to install and configure
the product.